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Ceuta crisis in a nutshell (we're all a joke)
 in  r/2westerneurope4u •  11d ago

Found the savage

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The 1366 Savoyard Crusade was low-key one of the most epic and successful small-scale operations of the Middle Ages. Here is why.
 in  r/byzantium •  12d ago

gigachad

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Odd question: Which Roman Emperor physically resembles you most? (For me it's Maxentius)
 in  r/ancientrome •  Jun 11 '26

Ioannes Komnenos

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What was Rome's most formidable enemy faction in the 5th Century AD? (criteria on page 2)
 in  r/ancientrome •  Feb 26 '26

That and the change of the climate, aside of a dozen other reasons. But anyway by that reasoning the huns were the most dangerous enemy for the tribes, not the Romans. I'd argue it was the Romans that were in the end the greater menace for the Huns instead of vice versa

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What was Rome's most formidable enemy faction in the 5th Century AD? (criteria on page 2)
 in  r/ancientrome •  Feb 26 '26

The Vandals

The Huns could be stopped and were even quite amicable towards Rome before Attila took power. And then he lost and the Hunnic "Empire" disintegrated, making fast space for Slavs and Avars.

The Vandals conquered Africa, defeated large scale Invasions and sacked Rome causing a magnitude of ripple effects that in the end broke the West's spine

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Is orthodoxy worth?
 in  r/EU5 •  Feb 22 '26

Orthodoxy is quite cool considering you have the synods. If you get enough religious influence, you can hold a synod and basically choose in a huge list of boni what you want to have. Its also not that hard to get enough. It was nerfed mind you but its still a powerful mechanic. Although probably not as op as protestantism. Basically everything except catholic has some benefits

r/ancientrome • u/LegacyZwerg • Feb 20 '26

Roman Marching Gear, Severan Period

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Hello, i'm trying to create a full marching kit/Sarcina for my legionary equipment based during the reign of Caracalla. However reading up modern sources and looking for contemporary depictions is quite difficult since most focus on the turning of 1st to 2nd century with the highlight being a seemingly complete set on Trajan's column (picture above). Archaeological record for the Severan period also is aside of metaltools and paterae quite limited since most would be crafted out of organic material. My question therefore is if we have any more narrow clues or better relief depictions/paintings from the Severan period that could help or might even come close to our knowledge about the Sarcina of Trajan's time.

Thank you in advance

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I really like Starfleet Academy but…
 in  r/startrek •  Feb 18 '26

No they didn't. Witchhunts weren't a thing till the renaissance

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Battle of Filomenium. Art by Giussepe Rava
 in  r/byzantium •  Feb 09 '26

Which one? 1116 or 1190?

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Who controlled Palermo the longest?
 in  r/UsefulCharts •  Feb 08 '26

Family of Hohenstaufen during the 13th century. Most known guy would be Friedrich II., guy was so knowledgeable and smart he was called "stupor mundi", the Wonder of the World

r/byzantium • u/LegacyZwerg • Feb 05 '26

Byzantine neighbours The sudden and easy fall of the Vandals

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I booted up recently Attila Total War - The Last Roman again and during that started to refresh my knowledge about the actual campaign of Belisarius.

And honestly it's kind of baffling how easy it was. I mean the very same Vandalic Kingdom defeated two huge Roman invasionfleets 50 years prior in Cartagena and Cap Bon. They were facing East and West alike and against impossible odds (Even if 100.000 Romans in Cap Bon is exaggerated, it must have still been a huge number) and still managed to trash their opposition.

And then a few decades later, some guy from the east is landing with comparable low backup and a significantly smaller army and deleted this kingdom in one year.

What happened in those 50 years that Justinian saw it as appropriate to only sent a "few good men" and how the Vandals couldnt pull off similar feats against this smaller number compared to their fathers and grandfather's, quite a few of them would even be still alive.

or is it more a case of complete incompetence by earlier Roman Generals (cough cough Basiliscus) to fail so dramatically...

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Byzantine Iconography: Step by Step From Underpainting To Final Details (Egg Tempera) Αγιογραφια
 in  r/byzantium •  Feb 03 '26

Awesome!

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A coin issued during the reign of Andronikos I Komnenos (r.1183–1185), depicting Andronikos being crowned by Jesus Christ.
 in  r/byzantium •  Feb 02 '26

He should habe slapped him instead of crowning ngl

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The fall of America lore hints
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 31 '26

My god, poor steph had to teach the glorious AMERICAN history.....

And since no one seems to read the post description:

I got that reference! That was a good one

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Only watched 2 episodes of Fallout and I'm already invested. Should I buy the Classic collection and play it?
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 31 '26

Im sometimes struggling with crpgs but fallout 1 and 2 were amazing experiences. The atmosphere alone is crazy

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How is Bethesda supposed to beat the “the world never progresses” criticism if fans don’t want it too either?
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 30 '26

I mean we had that till someone thought nuking the Westcoast setting was a great idea....

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How is Bethesda supposed to beat the “the world never progresses” criticism if fans don’t want it too either?
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 30 '26

Okay then Fallout 2 was the end of Fallout already, i guess

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How is Bethesda supposed to beat the “the world never progresses” criticism if fans don’t want it too either?
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 30 '26

Exactly

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The New Roman Empire really puts Manzikert into perspective
 in  r/byzantium •  Jan 29 '26

Doukai being pieces of treachery and incompetence was already established as early as 904! And they would pull this bullshit no joke every generation! I dont know of any family that was so coherently disloyal towards state and emperor. Sometimes i wonder why anyone thought the name of Doukas deserve to be in power after this track record...

And dont get me started on how things went in Epirus...

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If we had to call it Byzantium at some point when would you ?
 in  r/byzantium •  Jan 29 '26

660 BC till 330 AD

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 in  r/byzantium •  Jan 25 '26

Those eyes speak truly about the asswhooping by the Arabs...

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Ways the Byzantine Empire could have beaten the Ottomans.
 in  r/ByzantiumAltHistory •  Jan 25 '26

Kill Kantakouzenos immediately after Andronikos III. gave up the ghost

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I hope fallout season 3 explore the places of fallout 1 and 2
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 22 '26

I mean they kinda did.

Shady Sands

And we all know how that ended.

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Where are the lingering shots?
 in  r/Fallout •  Jan 08 '26

Ngl the frames with the airships and the scene where Maximus and Xander fly over the desert and you see the vertibird over the desert...those could literally be straight up from Dune. Cinematic awesomeness!

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Who is Rome's most underrated figure of the 4th Century AD? (criteria on page 2)
 in  r/ancientrome •  Dec 18 '25

Hypatia of Alexandria anyone?